School bus catches fire, teachers' quick response averts major tragedy
Chikamagalur: In a shocking incident a private school bus carrying students and teachers to the school caught fire in Muddinakoppa village of Mudigere Taluk here.
The incident took place when the school bus belonging to Sadguru Vidya Samithi School of Basarikatte village near Kalasa, plying students and teachers caught fire due to a technical snub. The school had sent the bus to pick the students and teachers of the school from Haluwalli, Thalagodu, Baalehole, Thotadhoor and other villages as the private bus was not accessible on Monday.
The fire initially broke out near the driver seat after which the driver jumped down the bus. The fire then moved towards the children and teachers seated on the bus, but the teachers managed to get the students and themselves out of the bus on right time and averted a major tragedy.
Books and school bags of the students were charred down in the fire. The locals added that a few students and teachers sustained minor injuries but no serious injuries or casualties were reported. They also added that the students were disturbed and shocked after the incident.
Soon after the incident was reported, police rushed to the spot. The driver escaped the scene after the incident.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
